Improvement in bee-hives



J. M.JIDIXON,& H. TF'HERRON.

Bee-Hive.

"No. 219,626. Patented Se t. 16, T879.

MPETERS. iNOTO-LITHDGRAPHER; WASHINGTON UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. DIXON AND HIRAM T. HERRON, OF DIXON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENTIN BEE-HlVES Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 2] 9,626, dated September 16, 1879; application filed April e1, 1879.'

To all whom it may concern: frame, is made to slide, so as to cut through Be it known that we, JAMES MADISON the wax, and thus allow the comb-frames to DIXON and HIRAM TAYLOR HERRON, of be fully drawn out at any time. These hives Dixon, in the county of Webster and State of are of the greatest service, and do away with Kentucky, have invented certain new and much trouble and annoyance. useful Improvements in Bee-Hives; and we To the lower edge of the lower door, d, is do hereby declare the following'to be a full, hinged the lighting-board l, which can be let clear, and exact description of the invention, down in the day and closed up at night, so as such as will enable others skilled in the art to to prevent moths from getting into the hive. which it pertains to make and use it, refer- This feature of having the board hinged is ence beinghad to the accompanying drawings, also very-convenient in transportation, as it which form part of this specification. can be folded up out of the way, and thus not Our invention relates to an improvement in run the risk of being broken off, and for keepbee-hives; and it consists in the peculiar aring the bees in the hive. rangement and combination of parts, whereby- Through the sides of the hive are made a a cheap, simple, and effective hive is produced, number of ventilation-holes, which are covas will be more fully described hereinafter. cred over on their insides with a wire'gauze, Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections of our and on their outsides by the slides 12-. invention, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views During the winter these holes will be packed 0f the knives and moth-trap. with cotton or other similar material, so as to a represents the frame, of any desired conprotect the bees from cold. struction,and whichisprovidedwiththeremov-' Passed into the hive, at its lower corners,

able coverb and the two doors a d, on opposite on opposite sides, are the two sticks 0, which sides. Both of these doors are hinged at their, extend across the hive, and have two series of lower edges, so as to drop downward, and notches made in them,at right anglesto each thus form a table or support upon which the other. comb-frames can be drawn. out for inspection. The moths lay their eggs in these notches, Through the partition 0, which separates and as the ends of the sticks project beyond the upper and lower chambers, are made a the sides of the hive, they can be drawn out number of slots for the bees to pass through, at any time and the eggs destroyed. These and passing through opposite sides of the sticks form moth-traps.

hive are the two rods f, which have a num- Having thus described our invention, we ber of slides connected to them, correspondclaim a in g to the slots. In a bee-hive, the guides g, secured to each By moving these rods the slides may be end of the frame, in combination with the made to cover over the slots or open them at knife i, provided with ahandle, which extends will, and thus the bees may be confined to through the side of the frame, whereby the onechamber or freely admitted to both, as may knife forms a permanent attachment to the be desired. hive, and the frames can be cut loose, sub- As it is .lesirable toinspeet thelower combs stantially as shown. at times, and as the bees nearly always glue In testimony that we claim the foregoing the combs to the insides of the frame, so that we have hereunto set our hands this 14th day it is very difficult, if not impossible, to draw of April, 1879.

them out without injuring them, wire guides J. M. DIXON.

y are placed on the under side of the parti- H. T. HERRON. tion, and on opposite sides of thelower cham- Witnesses:

her, and in these. guides a knife, 13, connected J. E. HUNTER,

to a rod that projects through the side of the A. W. MOONEY. 

